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以西結書 25

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1 耶和華的臨到我說:

2 人子啊,你要面向亞捫人說預言,攻擊他們,

3 :你們當耶和華的耶和華如此:我的聖所被褻瀆,以色列地變荒涼,猶大家被擄掠;那時,你便因這些事:阿哈!

4 所以我必將你的地交東方人為業;他們必在你的地上安營居住你的果子,你的奶。

5 我必使拉巴為駱駝場,使亞捫人的地為羊群躺臥之處,你們就知道我是耶和華

6 耶和華如此:因你拍頓足,以滿心的恨惡向以色列地歡喜,

7 所以我伸攻擊你,將你交列國作為擄物。我必從萬民中剪除你,使你從萬國中敗亡。我必除滅你,你就知道我是耶和華

8 耶和華如此:因摩押和西珥人:看哪,猶大家與列國無異,

9 所以我要破開摩押邊界上的城邑,就是摩押人看為本國之榮耀的伯耶西末、巴力免、基列亭,

10 好使東方人來攻擊亞捫人。我必將亞捫人之地交他們為業,使亞捫人在列國中不再被記念。

11 我必向摩押施行審判,他們就知道我是耶和華

12 耶和華如此:因為以東報仇雪恨,攻擊猶大家,向他們報仇,大大有罪,

13 所以耶和華如此:我必伸攻擊以東,剪除人與牲畜,使以東從提幔起,人必倒在刀下,地要變為荒涼,直到底但。

14 我必藉我民以色列的報復以東以色列民必照我的怒氣,按我的忿怒在以東施報,以東人就知道是我施報。這是耶和華的。

15 耶和華如此:因非利士人向猶大人報仇,就是以恨惡的心報仇雪恨,永懷仇恨,要毀滅他們,

16 所以耶和華如此:我必伸攻擊非利士人,剪除基利提人,滅絕沿剩下的居民。

17 我向他們施報應,發怒斥責他們。我報復他們的時候,他們就知道我是耶和華

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 328

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328. Then white robes were given to each of them. (6:11) This symbolically means that they were given a communication and conjunction with angels who possessed Divine truths.

Garments symbolize truths (no. 166), and white garments symbolize genuine truths (no. 212). This is the symbolism of garments because all the inhabitants in heaven are clothed in accordance with the truths they possess, and every spirit has a garment in keeping with his conjunction with angelic societies. Consequently, when a conjunction exists, spirits instantly appear similarly clothed. So it is that white robes being given to each of the people here. This symbolically means that they were given a communication and conjunction with angels who possessed Divine truths.

Robes, gowns, and cloaks symbolize truths in general, because they are general coverings. Someone who knows this symbolism that these have can know the secrets that lie concealed in the following instances:

That when Elijah found Elisha, he threw his mantle on him (1 Kings 19:19).

That Elijah used his mantle to part the waters of the Jordan (2 Kings 2:8).

That Elisha did likewise (2 Kings 2:14).

That when Elijah was taken up, the mantle that was upon him fell, and Elisha picked it up (2 Kings 2:12-13)

For Elijah and Elisha represented the Lord in relation to the Word, and therefore their mantle symbolized the Word's Divine truth in general.

That same person may know, too, what was symbolized by the robe of Aaron's ephod, on whose hem were pomegranates of blue and purple, and bells of gold (Exodus 28:31-35). It symbolized Divine truth in general, as may be seen in Arcana Coelestia (The Secrets of Heaven), published in London, no. 9825.

Mantles and robes have a similar symbolism in the following passages:

...all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones and cast aside their mantles... (Ezekiel 26:16)

(The scribes and Pharisees) to be seen by men... enlarge the borders of their mantles. (Matthew 23:5)

My people have set themselves as an enemy over a garment; you pull off the robe... from those who pass by... (Micah 2:8)

And so on elsewhere.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 16:10-18

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10 I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with sealskin, and I dressed you about with fine linen, and covered you with silk.

11 I decked you with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.

12 I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

13 Thus you were decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.

14 Your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put on you, says the Lord Yahweh.

15 But you trusted in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by; his it was.

16 You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so].

17 You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and played the prostitute with them;

18 and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and did set my oil and my incense before them.